Last Name BESANT

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Meaning Local: Of Byzantium. A bisaunt, bezant, or bizantine was an old coin in gold and silver, and so called from having been minted at Byzantium. The silver bezant passed current for thereabouts. As almost every coin has its representativ in our nomenclature, so may this one. More probably, however, like Turk and Saracen, it is local denoting an immigrant from Byzantium.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 91,801 (2000 US census) 87,831 (1990 US census)
Count 186 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.74%, or 126 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 30.65%, or 57 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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